On Thu, 2005-06-30 at 08:42, James Pifer wrote: > On Thu, 2005-06-30 at 09:08, Matthew Miller wrote: > > On Thu, Jun 30, 2005 at 08:45:21AM -0400, James Pifer wrote: > > > Doesn't seem like I'm asking that much out of linux. All I want is to be > > > able to use my internal laptop display at 1280x800 and use my external > > > LCD panel at 1280x1024. I'm not talking about spanning or anything. Both > > > displaying the same thing, so I can close my laptop when I'm at my desk > > > and use the external. If I open the laptop and walk away with it I want > > > to use the internal. > > > > I think asking to display the same thing at two different resolutions -- and > > different screen shapes -- is asking a *lot*! > > > > I'm not even talking about at the same time. If I close my laptop > display (or boot up with it closed) I should be able to use my external > display at a different resolution. At one time I had FC3 working like > this. Windows is able to do it (and no, I'm not interested going back to > Windows!). If you have more than one resolution listed in the 'Modes' line in your xorg.conf file (and the Monitor and Device settings support them), you should be able to hit ctl-alt-plus (the on the number pad) or ctl-alt-minus to switch among them. I'm not sure if the GUI setup can deal with alternate monitors - you'll probably have to configure with the one with the highest resolution, then add the other resolution to the file yourself, putting the default you want first. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
